Salaryman Kintarō

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Salaryman Kintarō
サラリーマン金太郎
(Sarariiman Kintarō)
Genre Comedy-drama
Manga
Author Hiroshi Motomiya
Publisher Shueisha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Young Jump
Original run 1994
Live action film
Director Takashi Miike
Studio Toho
Released November 13, 1999
Runtime 110 min.
TV drama
Network TBS
Original run 1999 – 2004
Episodes 44 (+ 1 special)
TV anime
Director Tomoharu Katsumata
Network BS-i
Original run February 18, 2001 – March 18, 2001
Episodes 20

Salaryman Kintaro (サラリーマン金太郎 Sarariiman Kintarō?) is a manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. It has been serialized in Weekly Young Jump since 1994, but has gone through many periods of inactivity.

The manga follows Kintarō Yajima, a former Bōsōzoku leader who, as a promise to his late wife, has become a salaryman. In 2005, Kintarō went from working as a salaryman to working for a foreign bank.

In 2005, Salaryman Kintaro began appearing as an online comic and eventually returned to Young Jump.

Contents

[edit] Characters

Kintarō Yajima (矢島金太郎, Yajima Kintarou?)
The protagonist of the series, a high school dropout and former Bōsōzoku who retired to become a fisherman, but after he saved Morinosuke Yamato he was offered a job at Yamato Construction in the sales department.
Misuzu Yajima (矢島美鈴, Yajima Misuzu?)
Née Suenaga (末永?). A high class woman who once had an affair with the late politician Seishirō Kuroda (黒田征四郎, Kuroda Seishirou?). She still has strong political and financial connections and later becomes Kitarō's wife.
Ryōta Yajima (矢島竜太, Yajima Ryouta?)
The son of Kintarō and his late wife Akemi.
Mimi Suenaga (末永美々, Suenaga Mimi?)
The daughter of Misuzu from her affair with Kuroda.
Akemi Yajima (矢島明美, Yajima Akemi?)
Kitarō's first wife, a kind blind woman who dies giving birth to Ryōta.
Morinosuke Yamato (大和守之助, Yamato Morinosuke?)
Genzō Ōshima (大島源造, Genzou Ooshima?)
Yūsaku Kurokawa (黒川優作, Kurokawa Yuusaku?)
Ryūzō Igō (伊郷龍蔵, Igou Ryuuzou?)

[edit] Media

[edit] Live-action film

Staff
  • Director: Takashi Miike
  • Producers: Morihiro Kodama, Mitsunori Morita, Kazuya Hamana
  • Screenplay: Kenji Nakazono, Naoko Harada
  • Music: Kouji Endou
  • Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
  • Editing: Yasushi Shimamura
  • Assistant Director: Bunmei Katō
Cast
  • Kintaro Yajima: Katsunori Takahashi
  • Misuzu Suenaga: Yoko Saito
  • Mimi Suenaga: Kanako Enomoto
  • Ryota Yajima: Chinosuke Shimada
  • Ryunosuke Yamato: Masahiko Tsugawa
  • Genzo Oshima: Shuichiro Moriyama
  • Yusaku Kurokawa: Taisaku Akino
  • Yozo Igo: Tsutomu Yamazaki
  • Kayo Nakamura: Yoko Nogiwa
  • Masumi Nakamura: Michiko Hada
  • Ichiro Maeda: Toshiaki Megumi
  • Hitomi Aihara: Miki Mizuno
  • Masakazu Tanaka: Masanobu Katsumura
  • Takatsukasa: Naoki Hosaka
  • Seishiro Tanioka: Shingo Yamashiro
  • Fumihiko Handa: Hiromasa Taguchi
  • Tadashi Shiina: Satoshi Uzaki
Theme Song
  • In My Dream (TUBE)

[edit] Live-action TV series

Seasons
Cast

The main cast from the film version returned for the television series.

Theme Songs
  • Season 1: Kibou no Kane ga Naru Asa ni (希望の鐘が鳴る朝に, The Bell of Hope is Ringing in the Morning?) (The Alfee)
  • Season 2: Kizuna (キズナ, Bonds?) (Tetsurō Oda)
  • Season 3: Atsuku Nare! (熱くなれ! A Hot Time!?) (Katsunori Takahashi)
  • Season 4: Kibou no Hashi (希望の橋, Bridge of Hope?) (The Alfee)

[edit] Anime TV series

Cast
Theme Songs
  • Opening Theme: Jikuu ~Toki no Sora~ (時空～ときのそら～ A Space of Time?) (Yumi Matsuzawa)
  • Ending Theme: Heaven ~Boku no Naka no Tengoku~ (Heaven～僕の中の天国～ We're in Heaven?) (Norishige Takahashi)

[edit] External links

Languages